SHS girl golfers place third at Lewiston Invite

LEWISTON — The Sandpoint golf team competed at the Lewiston Invitational on Monday, March 21, at the Bryden Canyon Golf Course. The girls maintained momentum with a third place finish, scoring 394 as a team.

Raegan Samuels, in her first ever tournament, shot a 124.

“She went out there with a clear head,” Sandpoint golf coach Michael Deprez said. “She came away more optimistic than pessimistic by the end of the round.”

Just about every other girl on Sandpoint’s golf team had competed in junior golf before the high school level, so having Samuels get up to speed rather quickly was huge for the pod.

Audrey Sheffler led the girls' pod with a 95.

Demi Driggs also shot under 100 for the round, shooting a 97.

During these tournaments, Deprez likes to keep an eye on where his team stacks up against the 4A Inland Empire League.

“Lakeland was at a different tournament from us, so I’ll have to get results from that after we get back,” Deprez said. “But as for Moscow, the girls finished strokes ahead of them and the boys were only seven strokes behind. We’re in good shape.”

The boys finished in sixth place and were without Jacob Gove.

Gove was in Florida visiting some family, so the other Bulldogs got a chance to compete in the varsity lineup.

Arie Vandenberg finished with a score of 99 and Koda Hartley ended up with a score of 95.

“For them to shoot in the 90s at their first tournament of the season is huge,” Deprez said. “All these other teams have been practicing outside and we haven’t really been able to do that. So for them to hit the grass for the first time and do so well is impressive.”

Joey Axel, Merek Bauck, and Jake Samuels all shot in the 80s.

Axel paced the Bulldogs with an 83.

“ (Jake) Samuels and (Merek) Bauck have improved so much from last year to this year,” Deprez said. “They were really competitive.”

Next up for Sandpoint is an open event at the Links Golf Course on Wednesday, March 30.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES: 1, Coeur d’Alene 305. 2, Lewiston 308. 3, Lake City 329. 4, Post Falls 341. 5, Moscow, 342. 6, Sandpoint, 350. 7, Clarkston, 407.

Medalist — Bryden Brown, 68.

COEUR d’ALENE — Cole Jawkski 71, Trey Nipp 71, Rylan Crawford DNP, Grand Potter 79, Jamison Dale 84.

LEWISTON —Jack Seibly 71, Carson King 74, Noah Acord 76, Christian Lybyer 87, Christian Reed 90.

LAKE CITY — Wyatt Johnson 76, Max Nosfeld 81, Seth Hartley 84, Jacob Stephanson 88, Cole Kimball 91.

POST FALLS — Brodyn Compton 81, Boen Torgerson 83, Noah Porter 83, Trevor Bennentt 94, Kellen odd 116.

MOSCOW — Bryden Brown 65, Ben Mack 91, Parker Beebe 91, Isaac harmon 92, Luke Zimmer 106.

SANDPOINT — Joey Axel 83, Jake Samuels 85 Merek Bauck 87, Koda Hartley 95, Arie Vandenberg 99, Alex Manning 131.

CLARKSTON — Caleb Daniel 84, Landon Taylor 101, Carson Sanders 107, Kierian Snyder 115, Deion Thompson 118,

GIRLS

Team scores — 1, Lewiston, 367. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 382. 3, Sandpoint, 394. 4, Lake City, 421. 5, Moscow 430, 6, Clarkston 437. 7, Post Falls, 451.

Medalist — Mollie Seibly, 81.

LEWISTON — Mollie Seibly 81, Abby Tellez 87, Julia Brume 91, Aleena White 108, Lexi Casey 112.

COEUR d’ALENE — Hayden Crenshawn 91, Peyton Blood 93, Paige Crabb 97, Hailee Shirey 101, Taylor Potter 102.

SANDPOINT — Audrey Sheffler 95, Demi Driggs 97, Taylor Mire 100, Alexa Tuinstra 102, Raegan Samuels 124.

LAKE CITY — Joey Heick 100, Hannah Hall 101, Lindsay Angelo 102, Anne Trujdlo 118, Violet Andrews 121.

MOSCOW — Myan Parsons 94, Marissa Lewis 101, Hayes Brown 113, Hanna Gregory 122, Emily Sanford 127.

CLARKSTON — Teirney McKarcher 99, Eloise Teasley 104, Ava Mendrek 110, Sammy Hudgins 126, Hailey Mendenhall 130.

POST FALLS — Larina St, John 106, Hanna Conjin 109, Keaton Delaney 118, Hanna Christensen 118, Audrey Byred 125